IMPACT: Women in Leadership
IMPACT: Women in Leadership is the podcast for women navigating careers in government contracting (GovCon), public sector leadership, and business growth.
Join host Mary Ann Brown for candid conversations with accomplished women leaders who share the real stories behind their success—the wins, setbacks, career pivots, and leadership lessons that shaped their journeys. From earning promotions and building business pipelines to leading teams, negotiating with confidence, and securing a seat at the table, each episode delivers practical strategies you can apply right away.
Whether you're an emerging leader, manager, entrepreneur, or executive in the GovCon space, IMPACT provides the insights, inspiration, and career advice you need to grow your influence and accelerate your success.
Subscribe and join conversations with women making an impact across government, industry, and technology—sharing the lessons, challenges, and wins that shaped their careers.
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IMPACT: Women in Leadership
Winning in GovCon: Leadership, Capture Strategy, and the Future of Federal Contracting
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Why do some companies consistently win federal contracts while others struggle to compete?
In this episode of the Impact: Women in Leadership podcast, we talk with Jennifer Kasten, President of JBS International, Inc., about leadership and strategy in the fast-moving world of government contracting (GovCon), federal business development, and capture management.
Jennifer shares lessons from her career partnering with federal agencies to address complex challenges through health IT, research and evaluation, policy analysis, and strategic communications. She also explains what many companies get wrong about capture strategy, how strong teaming partnerships influence contract wins, and how leaders stay agile through changing administrations and federal priorities.
We also discuss the future of the federal marketplace—including opportunities driven by AI, cybersecurity, cloud technology, and government modernization initiatives.
If you work in government contracting, federal procurement, public sector consulting, or business development, this episode offers practical leadership insights for staying competitive in today’s GovCon landscape.
Key topics include:
• Winning strategies in federal business development and capture management
• Building strong government customer relationships
• Creating effective teaming partnerships in GovCon
• Leading high-performing business development teams
• Opportunities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and federal modernization
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